From:	"Tony O'Bryan" <aho450s AT nic DOT smsu DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: Allegro Data files
Date:	Fri, 15 May 1998 21:21:40 +0000
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Ishpeck wrote:

> Exactly how reliable are Allegro header files?

They're just text files.  They're as reliable as your storage media.


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> They don't seem to be as stable as I'd like them to be... is it just
> the way I'm using them, or are the really as flaky as I think they are?

I can't read your mind, so I have no idea how flakey you think they are
nor what you perceive as being flakey...


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> Is there any other easy way to store data?  Or will I have to make my
> own kind of datafile?

Allegro datafiles are not meant for general purpose data storage.  They
are meant to assemble data objects specific to Allegro; such as Allegro
bitmaps, sprites, sound samples, MIDI sequences, etc.

Having never had an Allegro installation problem, I can't say whether an
improper installation would cause the type of problem you didn't describe.

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